Free Vs Paid Advertising - The Battle Continues!
Written by Kylon Trower on December 4th, 2008You understand that advertising is the key to building a successful online business so you are light years ahead of many of your competitors. Most of your time should be spent (I’d say up to seventy percent) promoting and marketing your business. In the paragraphs that follow, we’ll be looking at which type of advertising is better for you.
Just so that we are clear, I don’t believe in free advertising. It’s not that you can’t advertise your business without pulling out your credit card but you can’t advertise without paying a price. It’s either time or money and ultimately both have a price you’ll have to pay.
For the sake of this article, let’s call them automated (paid) vs. manual (free) advertising. That said, there are many ways you can use both methods and neither is necessarily better than the other. The real key you must first determine is what works best for you and what are you comfortable with.
Either way there are inherent advantages to any form of marketing you choose to do. The main key should be your marketing effectiveness. Are you getting the results you’re looking for? Advertising without the desired goal of achieving profitable sales will leave you disgusted and eventually put you out of business.
Let’s look at the upside when it comes to free advertising first. Free advertising gives you hands on experience and the necessary background to make more informed decisions when you decide to use paid methods. It also allows you to get a feel for the marketplace and become an expert in areas which drives up your perceived value in the online community as well.
When it comes to paid advertising you can definitely benefit there as well. The ability to consult with marketing companies that will run your campaigns will give you a broader view of the marketplace based on their experience. It also saves you a good amount of time which allows you to reap returns in other areas of your business too.
That brings me to my last point which is tracking. Regardless of the type of advertising you are doing, make sure you are using some type of tracking system to measure your results. Without tracking it is almost impossible to know what’s working and what’s not in your ad campaigns. You could end up spending good money on bad ads and not spending enough on your good ads.
When all is said and done I suggest doing some research to find out which method is right for you. Trying out more than one method is fine but be careful not to become a jack of all trades and master of none. Try to become proficient and achieve results with one form of advertising before jumping to the next. Ultimately, this strategy will prove most beneficial to your long term success.
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